See below to see how our proposals affect you.
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The affected towns are listed alphabetically below - more details coming soon - and the diagram to the left illustrates the whole route. Most towns on this route will have at least two direct trains to Windsor or Heathrow per hour.
If you have any comments, positive or negative either about your town or anything else, please let us know. If your town isn't mentioned below, your comments are still welcome.
Ascot
Trains for Heathrow will now stop at this station. This town’s rail connection will be improved by additional trains to Basingstoke via Farnborough and to High Wycombe via Windsor and Maidenhead. Change at Staines for new faster services to Woking and Guildford.
Aylesbury
New services to Heathrow via Windsor and to Bedford. This town presently has the lowest property prices in the region and improving rail links will significantly help residents.
Bagshot
New services to Heathrow, north via Windsor and Basingstoke via Farnborough.
Basingstoke
New services to Heathrow and High Wycombe via Windsor.
Bedford
New direct services to and from Heathrow via High Wycombe. Change here from services from north east England.
Bletchley
Section of Varsity line re-opened with new services to Heathrow via Aylesbury and Windsor and to Bedford.
Bourne End
Through line restored to High Wycombe. New services to Heathrow via Windsor. Offices over line demolished.
Bracknell
New connection to Heathrow without increasing level crossing closure times (assuming Airtrack does not go ahead), direct or change at Ascot or Staines. Also change at Ascot for new service to Basingstoke.
Burnham
More stopping services serving Reading, Slough and Heathrow.
Camberley
New services to Basingstoke, Heathrow via Ascot and Windsor.
Chalvey
Despite being right next to the M4, this area is currently the most deprived in Slough. A major new station and transport interchange for connection of railway with M4 will help enormously with redeveloping and improving the area.
Cookham
See Maidenhead
Datchet
New bridge to replace existing level crossings, solving traffic problems. New connections to the north (via Windsor and Maidenhead), Heathrow (direct) and the south (via Staines and Ascot).
Egham
New services to Heathrow, the north via Windsor and south. Level crossings replaced with bridges to reduce traffic congestion from current levels.
Farnborough
New direct service to Heathrow via re-laid chord to Ascot and via Windsor to Thames Valley. Possible re-instatement of two additional platforms.
Frimley
New services to Basingstoke, Heathrow via Ascot and Windsor.
Great Marlow
New direct service to High Wycombe, assuring future of station.
High Wycombe
Re-instatement of services to Maidenhead. New Oxford via Bicester to Heathrow via Windsor route. Change to plans for new car park at station to accommodate extra trains.
Longcross
New direct trains similar to Ascot service.
Maidenhead
New services to the north via High Wycombe, becoming the only north-south rail route for forty miles, and to the south via Windsor. New direct service to Heathrow, including non-stop services. New station area development as part of separately proposed redevelopment of Maidenhead town centre.
Reading
Faster service to Heathrow via Windsor (10 minutes quicker than Airtrack).
Slough
Slough replaces Reading as first point on Great Western Mail Line to have north/south connections, greatly enhancing the value of the Heart of Slough project. New platforms on station next to shopping development. Possible return route for Crossrail direct to Heathrow. New Chalvey station will help to reduce road traffic through Slough for people accessing the town centre or the railway from the M4.
Sunnymeads
As per Wraysbury.
Sunningdale
New direct trains similar to Ascot service. A bridge will replace the level crossing to improve traffic flow.
Staines
New station similar to Airtrack but with bridges to replace level crossings, solving the problem of traffic congestion. New direct services to Heathrow, High Wycombe via Windsor and Maidenhead, Basingstoke via Farnborough and Guildford via Woking.
Taplow
As per Burnham.
Twyford
New direct services to Heathrow via Windsor.
Virginia Water
Change here for new fast services to Guildford via Chertsey and Woking. New services to Farnborough and Windsor.
Windsor
Major restoration of Alexandra Gardens. New station in area behind Goswells to replace existing two with connections to the whole region plus a new service to Victoria to encourage tourism and business. New car park to replace existing viaduct to make shopping easier. Existing service to Waterloo saved.
Winnersh
New connection to Heathrow without increasing level crossing closure times (assuming Airtrack does not go ahead), direct or change at Ascot or Staines. Also change at Ascot for new service to Basingstoke.
Wokingham
As per Winnersh.
Wooburn
Re-opening of station along route of old line.
Wraysbury
New connections to Heathrow, Ascot and Maidenhead via Windsor. Existing service to Waterloo saved.